useradd

UNIX Solaris
1

Hi,

I need to add a new user who will only be able to access one single folder on my Solaris 9 system. Can this be achieved by using just useradd or do i need to fiddle with auth_attr table?

TIA,

Selma

2

yes u can .
specify the shell of that user as rksh using useradd , this will limit the use of / and other commands .
just when u create the user specify the home of the user as the folder u want him to access and specify the shell as rksh ...

cheers

3

Thank you for your answer. I tried this, it now prevents the user to enter all directories including it's home directories :slight_smile: Should the owner of the user's home directory be the user itself or root?

4

the user may have the permission to create files and perform some other commands within his home directory ....
if u dont want him to do any of that ,then u can make the owner as root .
otherwise i think that rksh is sufficient .

cheers

5

yes, i think this will work fine. Thanks for your help.